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Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.” There are some books that...
Nov 27, 20173 min read
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Review: With Malice by Eileen Cook
When Jill Charron opens her eyes, she finds herself in a hospital bed, fresh from unconsciousness. She is told that she was involved in a...
May 7, 20163 min read
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Review: Frayed by Kara Terzis
Frustrated. Irritated. Incredulous. These are the three words that come to mind as I write a review for Frayed by Kara Terzis. It has...
May 3, 20164 min read
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Review: The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
From the mortal world to the Otherworld, Roshani Chokshi's The Star-Touched Queen will take you on a magical adventure, full of exquisite...
Apr 2, 20163 min read
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Review: The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas
As an ardent fan of murder mysteries, harboring an obsession for true crime TV shows (Snapped, Forensic Files, The First 48, etc.), I was...
Mar 19, 20164 min read
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Review: A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry
Lucas is a seventeen-year-old gringo from Houston, who spends his summers in Puerto Rico with his father, a big-shot developer of...
Mar 16, 20163 min read
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Review: Burning by Danielle Rollins
Angela Davis has been an inmate at Brunesfield, a juvenile detention facility, for three years. She’s a tough cookie who has led a hard...
Mar 5, 20163 min read
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Review: Dreaming of Antigone by Robin Bridges
Dreaming of Antigone is the story of Andria, the girl who dresses all in black; the girl who has a scary illness; the girl whose...
Mar 2, 20164 min read
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Reading Rewind: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
It's that time again... Time for Reading Rewind with me and Stacee at Adventures of a Book Junkie! If you don't know about the Reading...
Feb 15, 20163 min read
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Reading Rewind: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Twilight, the first book in the famous Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, was published in 2005. It swept the bookish world by storm, as...
Jan 15, 20165 min read
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Review: How Many Letters Are In Goodbye? by Yvonne Cassidy
I have my mom to thank for my love of letter-writing. As a child, anytime I would receive a gift, she’d sit me down at the kitchen table...
Jan 6, 20164 min read
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Review: Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten
“Wow!” Then, “What?” Then, “Hmm. What did I just read?” These were my initial reactions upon finishing Suicide Notes from Beautiful...
Dec 18, 20154 min read
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Review: The Sister Pact by Stacie Ramey
Allie's big sister, Leah, is dead. She didn't die in a car accident or from some horrible, incurable disease. No, instead, Leah committed...
Jul 14, 20152 min read
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Review: Song of Summer by Laura Lee Anderson
Robin is a talented, passionate high school musician, working at the Grape County Dairy diner during summer break to save money towards a...
Jul 5, 20155 min read
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Review: Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
Though she was but a sleepy toddler standing at the top of the stairs, Apple remembers vividly the Christmas Eve her mother left without...
May 21, 20154 min read
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Review: The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
I believe The Chaos of Stars was my "Waiting on Wednesday" pick a long time back, when I was still operating BlookGirl. The first thing...
May 13, 20153 min read
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Review: Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios
Left for dead during a deadly takeover by an evil jinni caste and then sold as a slave to a human through the dark caravan, Nalia is not...
May 5, 20153 min read
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Review: The Secret Sky by Atia Abawi
There were a couple times that I thought I wouldn't be able to finish The Secret Sky, not because it is a bad or poorly-written book, but...
Apr 30, 20154 min read
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Review: Drift by M.K. Hutchins
The World Turtle exists in several cultures, namely the Mayan and Hindu cultures. The idea is that the world rests on the back of a...
Apr 23, 20154 min read
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Review: Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander
Love and Other Unknown Variables presented a bit of a sneak-attack on my emotions. I admit to skimming the blurb and thinking it would be...
Apr 15, 20154 min read
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